Delivery mechanism for food-preparing machines



March 10, 1931,

H. R. BRAND DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR FOOD PREPARING MACHINES Filed June 27. 1929 INVENTOR H'- R- Brand.

ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 10,1931 i Y I I v I ran 1 [rare BATE T Q-FF *1 HARRY RUSSELL BRAND, onnnw YORK, 1v. Y.

DELIVERY MECHANISM non noon-rnnrnmne ecrrnsmis.v

Application filed June 27, 1929.; Serial No. 373,971.

My invention relates to food preparing mathe food will drop without inversionupon chines, and more especially to means for de- 'Stld plate. i livering the food from the machine after it 7 Other objects will appear in the following ha b p d, description of apre'ferred embodiment of M i t-i011 is particularly adapted for 'IHVQIllJlOIl and thereafter the novelty and 55 use in machines for baking griddle cakes and scope of my invention will be pointed outlin the like, and has for a specific object to prohe Chums. p I vide means for peeling a cake oil a griddle I the accompanying drawings;

and depositing it upon a suitable receptacle. F g 1 I a View in section of a portion of I Th present i ti i a v i t f th t a griddle cake baking machine, the section 0 Shown i my 3 611 0 li ati S i l being taken substantially on the line 11of No. 268,659, filed'AprilS, 1928. In said ap- F g-i' v v plication I show means for peeling a cake L9;- f a 719W ffilansversesection taken off a griddle and then inverting the cake and st nt ally On t e llne 22 ofFig. l ;*and' depositing it upon a plate, the cake beingig. 3 1s a view in section taken on an' inverted because the side last baked is usually g 11116 of g i smoother and more evenly browned than the I the cc mpanying drawings, I have side first baked. "However, under certain shown tWO ra e embers of a griddle cake conditions, I find that the side first bakedhas; ms m one of themembers C011" the better appearance and hence 'under uch the bill S9 Of the lTltlClllIlB, while the 70 .30 It i th f a bj t f th r nt-in 16'by means of heating elements (not shown) conditions it is desirable to deliver the cake other m b 11 is Circular and p s l without inverting it. -Furthermore, my inm lflr b lhg 'for a gear ring 12. The vention is applicable not only to griddle gear ring 1s supported on the bearing member cake baking machine, but also to'inachines for l y means Oi P011619 13 r d y h g ar b ki f in or otherwise preparing other ring and adapted to travel in aslot l forme'd foods, and in many cases it is d si abl t intlie periphery of the member 11. Secured cook the foods" on one side only; such foods o the gear ring is an'annular griddle '15 on must be deposited on the plate without being Winch portions of better maybe deposited, inv t d, the batter portions being baked' into cakes 80 vention to provide meansfor removing food n the g d h griddle is dvance'd from a cooking surface and depositing the, p-bv-s ep y n i te mitten drivinggeal" food on a plate or other suitable receptacle not shown) engaging the gear ring 12, and without inverting the food. l p at each step the'griddle advances through an The present invention is also related to that ng e e r y the h rflh l cn r- OCen disclosed in my copending application Serial p g the 3 @f 93 No. 373,970, filed June 27, 1929. In said ap,- predetermlned p l plication' I show means for holding food 1t 18 plfiked P y P e red r d n against sliding along a cooking surface while the irlddle t Wast P$ m li baked m a peel is introduced thereunder to pick the 9 d 6 opposlte er 100mb food off said Surface p in its orb t the cake 1s picked up by a second t is a specific obiect of the present inven- 33; cmled thgreby clearloltf 'fii i gzlnd tion to provitlqsimtlar meaps 9 i l t t?1rn l oii l l Tllh gl e e t iiiv dhtigii he??? food from slidlng in one direction while it 1s do only with the er Peel the former e p being Picked 1 together i means r not bein shown in the drawings andnot keeping the food from sliding in the opposite b i gi efe a i i, direction after the peel has been moved over S id e d l i t f a m d 17 a plate or other receptacle and while the peel vid d with system 18 fitted t lid i s b ar- 0 is being withdrawn. from the food,'so that ingimember 19. Mounted on thebearing 1 member 19 and projecting through a slot therein, is a pinion 20 which is adapted to en fill gage teeth 21 formed on the stem 18, so that by rotating the pinion 20, the stem may be reciprocated axially. The stem may be prevented from rotating by a key (not shown) in the bearing member 19 which engages a spline groove 22 in the stem. The member 19 is provided with trunnion shafts 23 which are journaled in brackets 24 secured to the frame member 11. The pinion 20 is operatively connected by a second pinion 25 to a gear 26 journaled on one of the trunnion shafts 23. The gear 26 is engaged by a toothed sector 27 which is fixed to a shaft 28 supported in bearings 29 depending. from the under side of the frame member 11. Secured to one end of the shaft 28 is a depending arm 30; the latter bears a roller which engages a groove 31 in a face cam 32. The cam is mounted and fixed upon a shaft 33 which is suitably journaled in the brackets 29. Fixed upon the shaft 33 is a gear 34 adapted to be engaged by suitable driving mechanism not shown) to rotate the shaft 33 and with it the cam 32. The rotation of the shaft 33 takes place in timed relation to the feed of the griddle, the relation being such that the shaft 33 makes one complete rotation at each forward step and pause of the griddle 15.

The bearing member 19 is provided with a 38in a face cam 39. The latter is also fixed upon the shaft 33.

In operation the peel is tilted by the cam 39 acting through the sector 36 and toothed flange to rock the bearing member 19 on its trunnions. The peel is first tilted so that the forward edge of the blade 17 engages the griddle. Then cam 32 acts through sector 27 and gear 20 to advance the blade and peel off the cake, if any, that lies in its path."

After the cake has been picked up on the blade, the latter continues to advance until the cake has been carried clear of the griddle and then is brought to horizontal position under control of the cam 39, as shown by broken lines in Fig. 1.

Journaled toturn freelyon the shaft 28 is a depending arm 40 which bears a roller 41. The latter lies close against a face of the cam 39. A spring 42 serves to draw the armagainst a stop 43. Mounted on the cam 39 in position to engage the roller 41, is a pad 44. This pad on striking the roller 41 will swing the arm 40 outward against the pull of'the spring 42-.

Secured to the base 10 and tangent to the griddle 15 is a casing 45, the upper wall 46 of which serves as a shelf on which a conveyorbelt 49 is supported." The conveyor The latter is 'ournaled in a bearin 54 det3 pending from the shelf 46. Secured to the shaft 53 and projecting outwardly at rightangles to the arm 52, is asecond arm 55 which is connected by a rod 56 to a cross bar 57. The latter connectsthe free ends of a U- shaped frame or yoke 58 mounted to oscillate on studs 59 fitted in opposite end walls of the hood '47 This yoke 58 projects through the opening 48 and is formed with an arcuate portion 586! adapted to bear against the edge of a cake to prevent the latter from sliding while the peel is introduced thereunder.

The studs 59 also serve as fulcrums for an inner U-shaped frame or yoke 60. The yoke 60 has a limited oscillatory movement with respect to the yoke'58 having pin and slot connectiontherewith as indicated at 62. The yoke 60 does not project through theopening 48 but bears a transverse scraper member 61 in such position as to engage the rear edge of a cake after it has beenadvanced into the hood 47, and scrape the cake off the peel as the latter returns to the full line position shown in Fig. 1. The scraper is in the form of a blade with shoulder 61a on the underside thereof to provide a scraping edge. The operation of the yoke'is as follows: The spring holds the yoke 58 normally in the position shown by full lines in Fig. 1. WVhen the cam 40 tilts the peel into cont-act with the griddle 15 the pad'44'strikes the roller 41 and depresses the yoke 58 to the position shown in broken lines, and the abutment 58a by bearing against a cake prevents the latter from sliding while the blade 17 is being introduced thereunder. The blade advances until it passes under theabutment, the latter being slightly beveled at each end, as indicated at 58?), so that it will ride upon the blade. As soon as the blade has picked up the cake the roller 41 will drop ofi the pad 44 and the yoke 58 will spring up to the position shown by full lines under the urge of the spring 42. The blade will continue to advance under control of cam 32, in the mean time being partly raised toward horizontal position by the cam 39. When the cake has been carried into the hood 47, so that it is centered over a. plate 50 therein, the blade is raised to thehorizontal position shown by broken lines in Fig. 1. The inner yoke will then be tilted upward by engagement of the scraping edge 61a of the member 61 with the blade 17. Said scraping edge engages the blade to the rear of the cake. The cam 32 now operates to withdraw the blade 17 which slides out from under the cake because the latter is held frommoving with the blade by the scraper. As the peelis withdrawn the cake drops upon the plate 50. It will be understood that the advance of the aeel takes alace durin a muse in the step-by-step rotation of the griddlmbut Withdrawal of the peel. tothe position shown in Fig. 1, maytake-place while the "riddle is in motion.

While I have described a specific embodiment of my invention, I wish it to be understood that I consider myself at liberty to make such changes in construction and in form and arrangement of parts as fall within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

I claim: 1 ,1

1. In a cooking machine, member providing a surface on which food may be cooked, a device for picking up food from said surface and moving the food clear of said surface, and means for positively removing the food from said device. g

2. In a cooking machine, a member providing a surface on which food may be cooked, a device for picking up food from said sur face, and moving the food clear of said surface, and means for removing the food from said device while the food remains in its normal upright position.

3. In a cooking machine, a member provida surface on which food may be cooked, a device for picking up food from said surface and moving the food clear of said sun face, and means for scraping the foodofi said device.

4-. In a cooking machine, a member provida cooking surface for food, a receptacle adjacent said surface, a device for picking up food from said surface and carrying the food over said receptacle, and means for scraping the food off said device and dropping the food upon said receptacle.

5. In a coo-king machine, a member providing a cooking surface for food, peel, means for advancing the peel to peel off food from said surface and carry the same to predetermined point, means for withdrawing the peel, and means adapted to engage the peel back of the food to scrape the food cif thepeel as the latter is withdrawn.

6. In a cooking machine, a member providing a cooking surface for food, a peel, a receptacle adjacent said surface, means for advancing the peel to pick up the food and convey the same to a point above the receptacle, means for withdrawing the peel, and

means adapted to scrape the food off the peel as the latter is withdrawn.

7. In a cooking machine, a member pro viding a cooking surface for food, a peel, a scraper, means for advancing the peel to pick up the food and carry it under and past the scraper, means for raising the peel against the scraper, and means for Withdrawing the scraper in contact With the peel.-

'8. In a cooking machine, a member providing a cooklng surface for food, a peel, a scraper,means for advancing the peel topick up "the food and carry it under and past the scraper, means for raising the peelagainst thev scraper, .means for withdrawing the scraper in contact with the peel, and a receptacle adapted'to receive the food scraped off the pe'el.-

9. In a cooking I ing a cooking surface for food, a peel,means for advancing the peel to peel off food from said surface and-carry the food to a predeten mined point, means for retaining the food machine, a member providpath of the foodwhen the latter has been' pickedup by the peel.

l1. Ina cooking machine, a member pro viding a cooking surface for food, a peel,

means for advancin the peel in contact with the surface'to peel foodoff said surface and carry the food to a predetermined point, an abutment against which'the food bears whlle thepeel is beingintroduced thereunder, and

means for raising the abutment clear of the food after the food the peel.

'12. In a cooking machine, a,member pro= viding a cooking surface for food, a. peel, means for advancing the peel in contact with the surface to peelfood off said surface and carry the food. to a predetermined point, an

has been picked up by abutment against which the food bears while i the peel is being introduced thereunder, means fOPIZLlSlIlg the abutment clear of the food afterthe food has been picked up by the peel, a scraper carried by the abutment, means for raising the peel against-the scraper, and means for withdrawing the peel in contact with the scraper to scrape the food off the peel.

' 13; In a cooking machine, a member providing a cooking surface for food, a peel, means for advancing the peel 1n contact with the surface to peel food off said surface and carry the food to a predetermined point, an

abutment against which the food'bears while 7 the peel is being introduced thereunder, means for raising the abutment clear of the food after the food has been picked up by the peel, a scraper carried by the abutment and having slight vertical play relative thereto, means for raising the peel against the scraper, and means for Withdrawing thepeel in contact with the scraper to scrape the food ofi the peel.

14-. In a cake baking machine, a rotary griddle, means for advancing the griddle step-by-step to bring cakes thereon successive 1y to a delivery point, a peel at said point, means operating during each pause in the motion of the griddle to swing the peel into contact with the griddle and to advance the peel to pick up a cake and carry the same clear of the griddle, an abutment movable into engagement with the griddle to prevent the cake from sliding as it is being picked up by the peel, means for raising the abutment from the path of the cake after the latter has been picked up, a scraper, means for raising the peelagainst the scraper, and means for withdrawing the peel in contact with the scraper to scrape the cake off the peel.

15. In a cake baking machine, a rotary griddle, means for advancing the griddle step-by-step to bring cakes thereon successively to a delivery point, a peel at said point, means operating during each pause in the motion of the griddle to swing the peel into contact with the griddle and to advance the peel to pick up a cake and carry the same clear of the griddle, an abutment movable into engagement with the griddle to prevent the cake from sliding as it is being picked up by the peel, means for raising the abutment from the path or" the cake after the latter has been picked up, a scraper, means for raising the peel against the scraper, and means for withdrawing the peel in contact with the scraper during advance of the griddle toscrape the cake off the peel.

16. In a cake baking machine, a rotary griddle, means for advancing the griddle step-by-step to bring cakes thereon successively to a delivery point, a peel at said point, means operating during each pause in the motion of the griddle to swing the peel into contact with the griddle and to advance the peel to pick up a cake and carry the same I clear of the griddle, an abutment movable into engagement with the griddle to prevent the cake from sliding as it is being picked up by motion of the griddle to swing the peel into contactwith the griddle and to advance the peel to pick up a cake and carry the same clear of the griddle, an abutment movable into engagement with the griddle to, prevent HARRY RUSSELL BRAND. 

